“Surface Tension: Pattern, Texture, and Rhythm in Art” is the name of the terrific exhibition that I viewed on 9/2/2010 at the University of Richmond’s Joel and Lila Harnett Museum of Art.  The exhibition features supreme works by a few dozen artists including icons such as Roy Lichtenstein, Josef Albers, and Victor Vasarely.

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George Washington’s teeth were not part of his 20-minute performance that I experienced on 9/1/2010, but he was in full glory nevertheless.

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On 8/28/2010 I saw Close’s retrospective show at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.

Chuck Close is one of those big-time, world-regarded artists whose work is always engaging to everyone regardless of education, experience, or intellect. (And that statement is one of those rare accurate hyperboles.)

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Patsy Cline singing “Got a Lot of Rhythm in My Soul” on charmingly grainy black and white big-screen film with just-right audio greeted me as I entered the “Virginia Rocks!” exhibition on 8/28/2010 at the Virginia Historical Society.

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“Let me stand next to yo’ fiah . . .” rocked the music that greeted me as I entered the welcome-film auditorium of the National Museum of the American Indian in D.C. on 8/30/2010

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Talk about a happy and satisfied audience – that’s what I saw on 8/15/2010 at the Richmond Jazz Festival at Maymont.

People were everywhere on blankets and grass and fold-up chairs enjoying wonderful simultaneous lineups on two stages sponsored by Altria and Dominion.
 

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